Compact holder for vanity cases



. Few; 12 1924,

1,483,639 E. w. LOESSER COMPACT HOLDER FOR VANITY CASES Filed Feb. 17, 1922 Patented Feb 12, I924 PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST W. nonssnn, or BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

COMPACT HOLDER FOR VANITY CASES.

Application filed February 17, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST W. Lonssnn,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belleville, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compact Holders for Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved holder which is placed in a vanity case and also engages a compact so that it thus holds the compact in the case. It is readily removable and is thus adapted for repeated use on successive compacts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vanity case and compact, and illustrating the use of the improved holder. Figure 2 is a side View of a holder placed on a compact, and Figure 3 shows the holder in a case. Figure 4 is a perspective view of a holder made according to my invention, and Figure 5 is a detail section of the holder in a straight-wall case.

The drawing illustrates a conventional vanity case 10 which is shown as having a lid 11, which lid has a flange 12 to fit over the top edge of the case 10 and engage the head 13 extending around the top part of the case 10. The compact is of the usual form, having a rigid, generally metal, back 14 on which is the cake 15 of powder or similar cosmetic.

The holder is adapted to be readily attachable and removable relative to the compact,

and is made so that it is placed edgewise on the compact and then is placed with the compact flatwise down into the case, and it has ends that engage the inner face of the wall of the case to detachably hold the compact in the case.

In the form shown, the holder is made from a fiat strip 16 of sheet material, generally sheet brass, and is formed at the ends into compact-receiving elements, such as the open loops 17 which open inwardly or toward each other and can thus be placed laterally on the edge of a compact.

The strip 16 is bent beyond the loops into prongs 18 which extend normally beyond the Serial No. 537,152.

loops 17 and are placed under spring tension when the strip and the compact are forced flatwise into the case.

In cases as shown in Figures 1 and 3 the prongs are usually made long enough to snap under the bead 13, but in the type of cases without beads, as in Figure 5, the prongs engage the sides of the case and grip the sides by reason of the spring action, and I usually make the ends of the prongs pointed, as at 19, to make the gripsecure.

I can make the holder of different forms for performing the functions herein set forth, but I prefer a flat strip as providing a thinner strand under the compact in the case, and also to hold the holder against tilting while and after it is being placed in position in the case.

When the device is to be withdrawn, a

knife blade, a button-hook or any other similar instrument can be placed under one ofthe prongs 18 and pulled upward and in Ward, which releases the prong, and then the other one being pulled the same way, the whole compact can be taken out and then the holder can be placed'over a new compact and again inserted into the "anity case.

I claim:

1. A compact holder for vanity cases comprising a strip of metal with a bottom portion to rest on the bottom of a vanity case, and having a hook-shaped end with an outwardly inclined prong, the hook-shaped part being adapted to be placed laterally on the edge of a compact and then carried with the compact flatwise within the case and pressed by the compact into close spring contact with the side wall of the case.

2. A compact holder for vanity cases comprising at flat strip of spring material bent at its ends to form loops open on the inner sides and terminating in outwardly flaring prongs, the loops being adapted to he slid laterally on the edge of a compact and to be carried by the compact flatwise within a vanity case.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 14th day of February, 1922.

ERNEST W. LOESSER. 

